This paper describes an object recognized as an Altdeutsch ladies writing table from the end of the 19th century. The issues of building such a piece of furniture has been processed which includes knowing wood characteristics, wood processing technologies and tools used in processing. Structure and properties of wood define the way of sawing the raw wood material and its use. Therefore after explanation of basic wood anatomy there is description of wood processing that starts from raw wood and finishes as an item. Processes of drying, sawing, turning, shaping-up, veneering and others have been described.